ICMDA Recordings

Recorded on 9 July 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Paul Coulter Leadership failings are rarely out of the headlines—whether in politics, healthcare, or, most painfully, Christian ministry. Weak accountability structures and dysfunctional systems contribute to unhealthy leadership, but Scripture points to a deeper issue: the character of the leader. What we need are...

Recorded on 25 June 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Chris Willmott The ability to read the DNA of humans, and other species, is radically altering healthcare offering, for example, more accurate diagnosis and prognosis, with the potential for more targeted “personalised” treatment. Elsewhere, the availability of “at home” DNA tests, such as those marketed by 23andM...

Recorded on 18 June 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Peter Halestrap Mission hospitals have historically played a vital role not only in delivering healthcare but also in training and mentoring healthcare workers. This educational ministry provides opportunities for mission hospitals to address local healthcare needs in a sustainable manner, with formally approved p...

Recorded on 17 June 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. In many parts of the world, there are growing reports of a “quiet revival” — a surprising openness to the Christian faith, particularly among younger generations and those previously disengaged from church. What’s driving this renewed spiritual curiosity? And how should we respond wisely, faithfully, and expectantly? Join Rico Tice for this timely and i...

Recorded on 11 June 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Dick Kruijthoff In his family practice Dick Kruijthoff was confronted with a remarkable healing during prayer, that gained nationwide interest in the Netherlands. He wondered what had happened. It took him to a 12 year study at the Free University in Amsterdam investigating 83 reports of a healing experience durin...

Recorded on 4June 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Andrea Williams Andrea Williams will explore how transgender ideology and tightening speech rules are reshaping healthcare for Christian clinicians seeking to follow Jesus with truth and courage. She will examine the Darlington midwives’ landmark stand for female‑only spaces and what it means for dignity, safeguarding,...

Recorded on 28 May 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rev Sheryl Haw ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 21 May 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Daniel O'Neill God’s word is a meta-narrative, and threaded throughout the ancient text is a healing meta-narrative. Understanding the healing purposes of God’s redemptive story allows us to weave our individual micro-narratives into this greater story.   This third of a three-part series will suggest a practic...

Recorded on 14 May 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Victor Fredlund This webinar outlines the urgent need to revitalise the mission of hospitals, focusing on their unique role in delivering holistic healthcare, spiritual support and community development. It addresses the current challenges faced, including funding shortages, staff burnout and outdated infrastructur...

Recorded on 7 May 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Andy Bannister During the early twenty-first century, New Atheism was busy producing best-selling books and plastering adverts on the sides of buses. Its loud scepticism is not as popular these days, but many of its arguments live on. Yet, what if some of its common claims like "science has buried God" and...

Recorded on 30 April 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Tim Dieppe Tim is passionate about reading and encouraging Christians to see the importance of reading. For several years now, Tim has aimed to read over 100 books per year. He has achieved this six times and is currently on target to get there again this year! Tim also runs an online book club with some friends to...

Recorded on 23 April 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Paul Coleman We see a rise of censorship across the world. Entire social media platforms are being threatened with bans in Western democracies, people face criminal charges for quoting the bible, stating biological facts, or expressing an opinion on matters of public interest. Paul Coleman, executive director of AD...

Recorded on 20 April 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Jay Smith is interviewed by Peter Saunders, CEO of ICMDA, about new developments in Islamic apologetics and polemics. They unpack the growing questions surrounding the historical, textual, and ideological foundations of Islam. From emerging research on the Qur’an—including intriguing new findings coming out of Russia—to ongoing debates about Mecca,...

Recorded on 16 April 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Sharon Dirckx Modern research is uncovering more and more detail of what our brain is and how it works. We are living, thinking creatures who carry around with us an amazing organic supercomputer in our heads. But what is the relationship between our brains and our minds-and ultimately our sense of identity as...

Recorded on 9 April 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with David Oliver ‘When Gill and I faced our own loss, we found that grief didn't follow any neat pattern. It wasn't something to get over! It came in unstoppable, irrepressible, unwelcome, uninvited waves. However, gradually we began to experience that even in the darkest of places God's light could be fou...

Recorded on 2 April 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Jenny Taylor Jenny Taylor presents a thought-provoking webinar exploring the crisis and calling of modern journalism. Drawing on her book Saving Journalism, she asks: why has the press drifted from watchdog to confusion, and what will restore trust? As digital media and AI accelerate misinformation, audiences a...

Recorded on 26 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Echo VanderWal Faith in Action: Building a Community-Based HIV Care System in Africa In Eswatini, one of the countries most affected by HIV,  The Luke Commission  has developed a community-based model that integrates HIV services within comprehensive primary care. Rooted in Christian mission and local leadership,...

Recorded on 19 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Larry Worthen CMDA Canada’s Executive Director, Larry Worthen, will provide timely information on euthanasia and assisted suicide (euphemistically called MAiD) in Canada. This will include discussion of regulatory policies, the impact on vulnerable Canadians, and how CMDA Canada is helping Canadian Christians to...

Recorded on 1 March 2026 In this interview, Pablo Martinez is interviewed by Peter Saunders, CEO of ICMDA, about his recent book Take Care of Yourself: Survive and Thrive in Christian Ministry and how Christian leaders can flourish in their work. To love God and serve others well, we often need to be still, rest and be renewed. Listeners will learn what it means to care for their own ‘vineyard’—th...

Recorded on 12 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Daniel O'Neill God’s word is a meta-narrative, and threaded throughout the ancient text is a healing meta-narrative. The bible reveals a unique way to engage in purposeful, health-promoting, missional living wherever we are called to serve. This second of a three-part series will present a comprehensive ov...

Recorded on 5 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Howard Lyons and Dr Mark Pickering chair a webinar with Dr Jim Ritchie Moral injury is inevitable when serving in medicine, especially cross-cultural medicine. Medics often feel powerful emotional burden from moral injury, a leading cause of early departure from practice. But we have learned proven methods of preventing and dealing with moral injury. Th...

Recorded on 26 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Paul Coulter Everything is ethical. Thoughtful decisions inevitably involve questions about right and wrong, good and bad. In the complexities of modern healthcare, ethics is increasingly important as decisions have become increasingly complex while foundations for ethics are often eroded. Christian healthc...

Recorded on 19 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Trevor Stammers Autonomy has arguably become the ruling ethical principle in contemporary bioethics and clinical decision-making, certainly in Western medicine. In an age of ‘patient-centred care’, everyone is aware of the importance of patient autonomy. But what does autonomy mean conceptually and practica...

Recorded on 1 7 February 2026 In this interview, Peter Saunders, CEO of ICMDA, speaks with Prof John Lennox about his recent book God, AI and the End of History: Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines. How do recent developments in technology—specifically the rise of artificial intelligence—parallel the biblical account of Revelation? How should Christians respond t...

Recorded on 12 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Santhosh Mathew Neuroscience has progressed rapidly, revealing the brain’s capacity for change throughout life. Advances in technology and genetics have enriched our insight, bridging neurology and psychiatry, and emphasising the uniqueness of thought and behaviour. As neuroscience shapes medicine, educatio...